Bluefield Cider Eastern Star Plans July Fourth Celebration
Bluefield Virginia hosts July 4 events honoring George Washington with a principal address by Renee Smith, former commonwealth's attorney of Tazewell County. The program is set for the evening in the city center near Mr Stevens estates noted for fruit trees.
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Stevens
Norfolk and Western Locomotive
FE. S
Bluefield
George Washington
N.renee Smith
Commonwealth
Tazewell County
New Meter Rate 5 Put in Effect Citywide
The water meter system began Monday and future readings will determine bills. First bills due August 1 per town manager. About 800 meters installed and future charges based on meter readings. Officials say cooperation can keep bills to a minimum while leaky pipes were fixed. The city now has filtered treated water and typhoid is reported as unknown.
Strickland Family May Leave Bluefield City
Bluefield Virginia may lose the Strickland family after J A Strickland was transferred to Richlands as telegrapher. Mrs Strickland and their daughter Sara stay, Kathleen may return from New York for summer. The family has lived in Bluefield 17 years and played a prominent role in social civic church life.
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Bluefield
Strickland
J. A. Strickland
Richlands
Sara Strickland
Kathleen Strickland
New York
Stricklands
Mendota Death: Local Man’s Grandfather Passes
W G Vermillion of Bluefield Virginia assistant cashier at Twin City National bank left Mendota after learning his grandfather died there. Arch Vermillion passed away shortly after ten Monday morning. He was a respected Washington County resident and father of W B Vermillion who serves as Mendota Bank of Mendota cashier.
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W. G. Vermillion
Twin City National Bank
Bluefield
Mendota
Arch Vermillion
Vermillion
Washington County
W. B. Vermillion
Bank of Mendota
Schleicher Opposes Dictatorship With Army Backing
General Kurt von Schleicher, a key figure in the von Papen regime, appears at a Berlin cavalry review. He rejects the idea of a dictatorship based on armed force, calling it a nuisance doomed to failure.
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Kurt von Schleicher
von Papen
Berlin
von Schleicher
Germany
Old Timer Urges Mules Back To Mines In Bluefield Fourth
A Virginia observer argues prosperity returns if mules are used again in Bluefield mines and an old style Fourth of July celebration is revived. He blames neglect of the mule for economic downturns and poor times.
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Bluefield
Flat Top Yard keeps perfect record with 6 5 win over Bramwell
Flat Top Yard baseball remains undefeated as Sturgess pitched and Bramwell loses to the home nine 6 to 5 in a Sunday afternoon tilt. Bramwell had defeated Flat Top earlier, marking their only defeat this season. Heavy weekend rains pressed several southwest Virginia towns, yet little damage was reported and electrical displays brightened the city. CHERRIES DISPLAYED in a local drug store window show wax cherries from G. B. Stevens’s cherry Orchard.
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Flat Top Yard
Mat Top
Bramwell
Favo
Sturgess
Flat Top
Flat Top Yard Boys
Virginia
Drouth
G. B. Stevens
Red Cross Flour Distribution Delayed in Tazewell County
Red Cross has ordered more flour for Tazewell county distribution through the welfare board, with shipment still several days away. The note explains the current handling arrangement and expected arrival. Also in town, a new local singer Miss Margaret Dudley made her debut singing a sacred solo at Memorial Baptist Church. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Dudley and she studied at Lynchburg College and the Lynchburg School of Music. Mrs. EB B. Witten accompanied her.
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RED Cross
Tazewell County
County Welfare Board
Bird
Memorial Baptist Church
Margaret Dudley
J. 8. Dudley
Dudley
Lynchburg College
Lynchburg School
EB. B. Witten
West visitors honor Mr. and Mrs. Jones weeklong
A party of prominent guests from the West staying with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jones on Tazewell avenue includes Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Chevercrest of Dover Kansas with their three children and William Codkill and Miss Mary Todd of Topeka Kansas. Mrs. Chevercrest formerly Maude Hurdele, daughter of the Joneses, is described as a farmer's wife getting along nicely. The visitors have spent the week sightseeing since arriving Saturday.
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Joe Jones
Tazewell Avenue
P. L. Chevercrest
Dover
Kansas
William Codkill
Mary Todd
Topeka
Funeral services held for Thompson child
Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Thompson died Thursday of pneumonia. Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at the parents' home by Rev. Mr. Larrowe. Interment followed in Wimmer Cemetery at St. Clair's Crossing.
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C. C. Thompson
Larrowe
Wimmer Cemetery
St. Clair's' Crossing
Virginia Side Personalities Highlight Home Summer Visits
Mrs Ellen A Sheffey arrives to spend the summer with her daughter Mrs W B Neel. Mrs Allie Webb, after an operation at Bluefield sanitarium, is brought home Monday afternoon. Her sister Mrs C E Ballow of Roanoke is here to assist.
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Ellen A. Sheffey
W. B. Neel
Allie Webb
Bluefield Sanitarium
C. E. Ballow
Roanoke
Sheriff Williams Faces $17,000 Bond Claim in West Virginia
Kingwood West Virginia June 20 Action will start at a county court special session to recover 17,000 from American Security Company New York bonded for Sheriff W W Williams. Court president Jenkins backs removing Williams amid a 17,000 shortage claimed after a state audit. The sheriff reports a 9,500 loss from a robbery three months earlier. Six months remain in his term.
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Kingwood
W. Va
American Security Company of New York
W. W. Williams
John J. Jenkins
Williame
Williams
Mrs Creed Meadows 41 Dies at Home in Carroll Street
Mrs Creed H Meadows 41 died at 12 15 Sunday at her sister’s home 312 Carroll street death due to complications Last rites to be held at 2 pm at Carroll street residence Rev A L Shumate and Rev R J Tyler to officiate Committal at Monte Vista Park cemetery She was born June 14 1891 in Poplar Hill VA lived in this city since 1896 Wife of Creed H Meadows Survived by husband and siblings Pallbearers and flower bears named local to the obituary.
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Creed H. Meadows
W. H. Cooper
Carroll Street
A. L. Shumate
Calvary Baptist Church
R. J. Tyler
Keystone
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
C. M. Johnston
Williamson
G. T. Johnston
Glenwood Park
Bluefield
W. C. Patrick
Jenkin Jones
D. Edwards
Miami
M. M. Tabor
George Evans
W. B. Lowder
Charles Damron
Charles Armentrout
Henry Davidson
BE. L. Clark
J. L. Whittaker
Ray Brunopp
John Dellis
C. L. Lowder
R. L. Brooks
W. H. Spangler
G. W. Wolfe
J. W. Whittaker
W. J. Lilly
Open June Term of Federal Court Continued
The article lists defendants and sentences from the June term of the federal court. It names Cameron Roberts Warren Meadows Darius Tench and notes two-year probation for Joseph Clowers and Robert B Stalkner. Jail terms include Fred Harness James C Rose Okey Rose Charles T Bowman Marvin Bowman Theodore Lilly and others with various jail durations across counties and cities.
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Cameron Roberts
Warren Meadows
Darius Tench
Joseph Clowers
Robert B. Stalkner
Fred Harness
Chillicothe
James C. Rose
Okey Rose
Federal Reformatory
Camp Lee
Charles T. Bowman
Atlanta
Marvin Bowman
Theodore Lilly
Cabell County
John W. Heath
Mercer County
John Bailey
Fred Griffith
Dewey Lawrence
Pocahontas County
George A. Lilly
Charleston City
Clayton Mills
C. C. Wilson
Big Heath
Jail sentences listed for several defendants in county records
Pocahontas jail Humphrey Law rence six months Cabell county jail Paul Dingess eighteen months Chilli cothe Ace Lucas eighteen months Chilli cothe Henry Lucas eighteen months fed eral reformatory Camp Lee Va Bill Rogers six months Raleigh county jail Ezra Carter eighteen months Chil licothe Ray Blankenship eighteen months Atlanta
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Pocahontas
Humphrey Lawrence
Cabell County
Paul Dingess
Local pastors to lead mission services this week
Rev. A. L. Shumate of Calvary Baptist will speak Tuesday at Union Mission with a blind musician providing special music. Wednesday is Old People's night, and Thursday Rev. Paul C. Cook of the Church of God will lead. All are invited to attend and visit the Mission after services.
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A. L. Shumate
Calvary Baptist Church
Union Mission
Paul C. Cook
Church of God
Walker May Delay Trip to Convention
Mayor James J. Walker, a Democratic delegate, may delay departure to the national convention in Chicago as his wife undergoes a minor operation today. He had planned to leave tomorrow.
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York
James J. Waler
Chicago
Georgia farmer kills wife and four children amid arrest
Canton Georgia June 20 Paul Hardin a 30 year old farmer shot and killed his wife and four small children then died by his own hand at their home. Bodies found by his father John Henry Hardin who called to visit. The family included 24 year old wife and children aged six four two and one. Hardin was free on a $3000 bond awaiting trial on a federal liquor charge.
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Canton
Paul Hardin
John Henry Hardin
Hardin
Harry
Ruth
Dorothy
Pearl
Liberty
Former Police Chief Held After Shooting In Harlan
W. M. Randolph former police chief was held on charges of shooting Allen Bowling 50 a Harlan special policeman through both feet last night. Randolph fired while on the sidewalk as Police Chief Ted Middleton and Tex Keller held him. The incident caused a stampede of pedestrians one man fleeing through a plate glass window.
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Harlan, Ky
W. M. Randolph
Allen Bowling
Harlan
Randolph
Ted Middleton
Tex Keller
Shooting follows disturbance after officer arrests man
Randolph officials said he did not fire all shots in the incident. Bowling fired several shots at an unidentified man he had just arrested for drunkenness. The man escaped as the disturbance began after Randolph objected to the arrest of his companion.
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Randolph
Bowling
Funeral Held Monday for George W Carr
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Poplar Hill Virginia for George William Carr 79 eldest brother of E B Carr Shenandoah avenue this city who died Sunday at the Carr residence at Poplar Hill He had been in declining health for a long period He was son of the late Joseph Bane and Sarah Kinzer Carr and was widely known in Poplar Hill He is survived by his wife Sally Saunders deceased before him and by children Mrs L P Correll J Robert Carr Jesse Janie and Allen Carr all of Poplar Hill two brothers FE B Carr and I B Carr of Blacksburg and others.
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Poplar Hill
George William Carr
E. B. Carr
Shenandoah Avenue
Carr
Mr. Carr
Joseph Bane
Sarah (Kinzer) Carr
Sally Saunders
John B. Saunders
Bluefield
Three Giles County Children Injured In Separate Accidents
Three Giles County children were injured Sunday and treated at St Elizabeth hospital Pearisburg. Winifred King son of C C King Pearisburg found a piece of fireworks and burned his hand in an explosion. A child from Pem broke sustained a leg wound when a fence punctured by a picket fence caused a thigh injury. The ten year old daughter of Isom Whittaker Ripplemead was struck by a car driven by Andrew DeHart Ripplemead but escaped serious injury.
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Giles County
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Pearisburg
Winifred King
C. C. King
Pearlsburg
Hoge
Pembroke
Isom Whittaker
Ripplemead
Andrew DeHart
DeHart
Young Woman's Home Missionary Society Meets Tonight
The John Stewart M. E. church mission group will gather at Mrs. Cornell Jones on Jones Street at 7 30 this evening. Visitors are welcome to attend.
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Young Woman's Home Missionary Society of the
John Stewart M. KE
Cornell Jones
Jones Street
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